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@seanwithwords @jffry@urbanists.social @AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic

About 20 years ago is when I learned that ordering a double-shot espresso outside of the US gives you a tiny bit of concentrated rocket fuel at the bottom of a tiny little mug. And that they expect you to drink it. That surprised me.
I expected them to dilute the rocket fuel in a mug of actual coffee.

Twitter DMs are encrypted in the same way that Tesla cars are self driving.

@dangillmor

My AmEx does that for me. When I'm paying for something online, I can request a virtual card from them, and it's only valid for one transaction. If someone tries to use it again, it's automatically flagged as a fraud charge.

Several people in this thread have recommended I use "privacy.com" to create one-off credit card numbers to thwart the companies that hike autopay subscription rates. I took a look at it and discovered the company is in bed with Peter Thiel's evil Palintir.

No thanks.

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I guess Iโ€™m just a super radical leftist. Yesterday I went to a library and looked atโ€ฆ books. Donโ€™t tell anyone. Iโ€™m trying to keep this on the downlow.

@cofinfeld@beige.party

Really runny honey. Seriously, put some honey in a microwave (for a very short time) and it's almost water, the way it slops around.

Deer deliver in the strangest of places! If you find a fawn in your yard, leave it alone, do not touch, move or feed it. They have no scent and predators cannot find them unless humans interfere. Mom leaves during the day for 2 primary reasons: to feed, and to keep her scent away. Mom will return, but not until dusk and not if humans are around. If you discover the gift of a fawn enjoy the experience, and let the Mom do what comes naturally. Please share, thank you. #wildlife

@Hey_Beth @oliphant Iโ€™ve been here for over 4 years and have never condoned posting screenshots. In fact, Iโ€™ve argued against doing it and generally hate it as an idea.

However, we need to shut down these people posting as โ€œleftistsโ€ whether theyโ€™re real or not. Theyโ€™re intentionally speeding lies and misinformation in order to depress progressive activity and the vote. Itโ€™s an epidemic lately.

I cannot in good conscience ignore it any longer. Stakes are too high.

Todayโ€™s fact free troll.

Once again, people Iโ€™m following are following this kind of account and boosting my stuff into itโ€™s timeline and I end up with the bullshit.

Please vet your followers or Iโ€™m just going to do what I ended up doing on Twitter- blocking people who mindlessly follow back and amplify trash.

Last night I was with a friend explaining my theory of how autistic folks step blindly into emotional mine fields laid by interlocutors of all neurotypes โ€” the conflict isnโ€™t as simple as โ€œNT vs NDโ€ but โ€œstatus-blind autist vs thin-skinned anyoneโ€

โ€” where โ€œthin-skinnedโ€ isnโ€™t an insult, its just that in this particular situation or relationship or topic thereโ€™s a trigger or lack of trust so the sensitive one both *sends* and *reacts to* subtextual signals that the autist is unaware of, then suddenly changes the subject from whatever the autist is monotropically focusing on to their own feelings, but instead of saying in *words*

โ€œi canโ€™t focus on your point right now since Iโ€™m having feelings and need to clarify your intentions and our relative social status and intimacy levels first but then I promise weโ€™ll get back on trackโ€

they just sigh and interrupt and accuse

and while theyโ€™re waiting for an *apology* the autist is still trying to *explain* that no, I didnโ€™t mean to offend but can I just finish my point (so now theyโ€™re trying to explain two things at once, poorly) which comes off as invalidating and it all goes sideways ๐Ÿ˜ง

cc @actuallyautistic @theautisticcoach

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@Skepticat

I'd guess it was a TFG requirement, since he can't handle anything but sycophantic adoration.
Which forces the question of why CNN agreed to it, but...

So... let me get this straight.
The Town Hall audience tonight for the Sexual Offending Insurrectionist Former Guy is a GOP only audience?

Lesson never learned at CNN
Disgusting

Now I've gotta go Rage Bake some pies.

What is the point of having friends if they wonโ€™t provide you with an alibi?

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